Rams that lead Rams: Student Organization Leadership Consultants

Student Organization Leadership Consultants holding a retreat with Rhody Ridiculousness. Photo by Kayla Laguerre-Lewis. Over the past year, the University of Rhode Island’s Student Organization Leadership Consultants (SOLC) have had to make some changes to the way they go about conducting business. SOLC is a group of students that have received advanced leadership training from…

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Student leader looks back on involvement with URI organizations

SEC, D.R.I.V.E., M.U.S.I.C. and more, what doesn’t she do?  SEC, D.R.I.V.E., M.U.S.I.C. member talks about being Black student leader Photo contributed by Naleen Camara. Senior Naleen Camara’s time at the University of Rhode Island would have been incomplete without her involvement with student organizations on campus. Camara, a public relations and writing and rhetoric double…

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D.R.I.V.E. leader talks about URI and the Black experience

URI senior Sheaffeel Gedeon is a kinesiology and biology double major and a 4 year member of the University’s D.R.I.V.E. organization. Photo by James McIntosh. Sheafeel Gedeon knew he wanted to join the University of Rhode Island’s Diversifying, Recruiting, Inspiring, Volunteering, Educating organization (D.R.I.V.E.) before he even started his freshman year.  Gedeon grew up in…

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Course variety, social progress move Africana studies department

The University of Rhode Island’s Africana studies department features a diverse curriculum with a wide variety of courses that allow students to explore topics involving the African diaspora, civil rights movement, race and ethnic relations and African governments. Previously named the African-American Studies Department, Africana studies focuses on the history, culture, politics and economics of…

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Rhode Island students create Instagram account to spread awareness on the Black experience

Angelique Dina (left) and Wenricka Griffith (right) use social media to give voice to URI’s black population. Photos by James Singer.  “When you know you’re speaking your truth and you feel it in your chest–the fire that’s happening–that’s the best feeling because you know it’s organic and natural,” said Angelique Dina. “Every week we’re just…

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